Payne will walk free

April 23, 2007|WSBT-TV Report

We have breaking news this midday in the Lakeville Triple Murder case from nearly seven years ago. The woman accused of playing a part in the murders of three construction workers will walk free. Charity Payne reached a plea agreement today. The judge dropped the felony murder charges against her, and convicted her only on burglary charges. The judge then sentenced her to time served. Payne told the men who committed the murders how to get around the alarm system in her ex-boyfriend's home. In 2002, she was convicted of murder and sentenced to 165 years in prison. But the Indiana Court of Appeals ordered a new trial last year because they said she was wrongfully questioned by police. Watch the WSBT-TV Newscasts tonight at 5 and 6 for have more on this breaking story.